I am a little confused. I have seen many posts that tell me all this
German email spam carries the infection and I have seen some articles that
have said it does not. I had understood from one article that a previous
worm of Sober last year carried the work in all its junk mail but this one
since the start of May did not. Which is true? I do note that I keep my
anti-virus up to date and scan often and I do not get reports of
infection. I also try to weed out the spam through web mailbefore I open
my computer up to mail through download.
-Paul Stewart
Underground Railroad History Project
of the Capital Region, Inc.



-----Original Message-----
> Please see the article at:
> [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> This mass mailing worm is NOT specific to Outlook, but IS specific to
> PCs running the most popular Windows Operating Systems. Mac users may
> receive the emails carrying the worm but are not affected by it.
>
> The subject line of the infected emails will be one of the following: #
> Ihr Passwort
> # Mail-Fehler!
> # Ihre E-Mail wurde verweigert
> # Ich bin's, was zum lachen ;)
> # Glueckwunsch: Ihr WM Ticket
> # WM Ticket Verlosung
> # WM-Ticket-Auslosung
>
> The best security is common sense. Do not open goofy looking emails,
> keep your firewalls configured correctly, and your anti-virus and
> anti-spyware software current and scheduled to run regularly.
>
> Becky Fitzgerald
> Executive Director
> Susquehanna Museum
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Langley, Bede
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Now You're Talking My Language . . .
>
> Hi
>
> I have been led to believe that this is a virus worm problem that may
> be coming in from "outlook emails "?
>
> Bede Langley
> Security Operations Manager
> Powerhouse Museum
> Ph: (02) 92170 402/506
> Fax :(02) 92170 527
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Robin Frisch
> Sent: Friday, 20 May 2005 13:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Now You're Talking My Language . . .
>
> I am on an Apple PowerBook G4 and I am still getting constant German
> emails.
>
> Is anyone else still struggling with this?
>
> Robin Frisch
>
>> From: Carol Ely <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:37:29 -0400
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Now You're Talking My Language . . .
>>
>> This is the Sober virus - my computer caught the virus before Norton
>> Antivirus was prepared for it, and I eventually found the tool to
> remove
>> it from my computer at Symantec (Norton). I think I got rid of it.
> It's
>> a mass-mailer, which means if you're infected, your computer is
> sending
>> out messages without your knowledge. I would recommend that all PC
> users
>> do a system scan now with the updated anti-virus definitions, or go to
>> Symantec and get the removal tool (it's free). As I just learned, the
>> viruses get out there ahead of the antivirus tools, and it CAN sneak
> on
>> to your computer even if you think you're protected and you're up to
>> date AND you haven't downloaded any suspicious attachments.
>>
>> Carol Ely
>> Historic Locust Grove
>> Louisville

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